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Kirk Kerkorian, the billionaire casino mogul who twice attempted takeovers of Chrysler and in 2006 tried to fashion a global alliance between GM and Nissan-Renault, died Monday in Los Angeles.

News 17 Jun, 2015

Jaguar Land Rover’s ‘Sixth Sense’ tech project aims to read brainwaves to spot tiredness, while medical seat sensors detect illness

News 19 Jun, 2015

Jaguar is planning a new SUV family including a compact models to slot in below the F-Pace

As reported earlier on just-auto General Motors and Isuzu Motors have reached an agreement on a US commercial vehicle collaboration, allowing Isuzu to strengthen its product line-up and GM to expand its commercial vehicle portfolio.

Features 17 Jun, 2015

We count down the 50 top British executives in the global car industry

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed some of its prototype technologies at the Future Tech showcase in Gaydon, UK where they are developing driver-focused autonomous capabilities which work in all weathers and environments.

Honda is axing its Civic Hybrid and natural gas models in the US because of the advances the company has made in improving fuel economy from its conventional engines.

News 17 Jun, 2015

Vauxhall details pricing and equipment for its new Astra hatch, which is up to £2,200 cheaper spec-for-spec than before

Under its new deal with Isuzu, Chevrolet has announced it will offer low cab forward medium-duty trucks in the US in 2016, returning the brand to a growing segment of the commercial vehicle market and expanding choices for fleet and commercial truck customers.

GKN has said that its "Hybrid Power's Gyrodrive flywheel hybrid energy storage system" helped power the hybrid Audi R18 e-tron quattro to third place at the weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours, the fourth consecutive podium result for the technology with Audi Sport.

Toyota said it plans to buy back as much as 600 billion yen ($4.9 billion) in stock to avoid dilution from new shares aimed at long-term investors.

Toyota said it plans to buy back as much as 600 billion yen ($4.9 billion) in stock to avoid dilution from new shares aimed at long-term investors.

News 16 Jun, 2015

Honda close to green-lighting 400bhp baby NSX hybrid as a spiritual successor to S2000 roadster

News 16 Jun, 2015

Audi's new BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe rival spied for the first time, expected to arrive next year

Honda has sold 6,381 of its new HR-V crossover in two weeks, triple what any other automaker has managed in the first month with a new model in the segment. That has led the company to weigh its options to meet the better-than-expected demand.

Michelin North America has announced it is investing US$22m in its Dothan facility in order to increase output of light truck and SUV passenger tyres.

Ford and Jaguar Land Rover are teaming up with the UK government to test autonomous cars as an add-on to public transport systems.